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IRT2021
Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania 2021

0966. Milestone. Mile XLIII? Caracalla.

Description: Milestone.
Text: No description.
Letters: No description.

Date: CE 216: GODOT (internal date)

Findspot: Wādī Sawfajjīn: area of Zintan to Mizda: Said to be near Sceghega. Known only from a copy made by an Arab student in 1928 and published by Bartoccini.
Original location: Findspot: Upper Sofeggin Road
Last recorded location: Findspot

Interpretive

Imp(eratori) ( vac. ) Caes(ari) diui Septi-
mi Seueri Pii A-
rabici Adiab[e-]
nici Parthi[ci]
5maximi Brit-
tan[i]ci maxi-
mi fil(io), diui
Antonini Pii
Germanici Sa[r-]
10matici nepoti
diui Antonini
[Pii] pronepoti
diui Hadria
ni abnepoti
15diui Tra[iani]
Parthici et di-
ui Nerue adne[po-]
ti [M(arco)] Aurelio [A]n-
tonino Pio Fe[li-]
20ci Aug(usto) Parthi-
co maximo Brit-
tanic<o> maximo
Germanico ma-
ximo pontifici
25maximo tr(ibunicia) pot(estate)
XIX imp(eratori) III co(n)s(uli) IIII
p(atri) p(atriae) proco(n)s(uli)
mil(iarium) [.]XL[..]

Diplomatic

IMP      CAESDIUISEPTI
MISEUERIPIIA
RABICIADIAB[.-]
NICIPARTHI[..]
5MAXIMIBRIT
TAN[.]CIMAXI
MIFILDIUI
ANTONINIPII
GERMANICISA[.-]
10MATICINEPOTI
DIUIANTONINI
[...]PRONEPOTI
DIUIHADRIA
NIABNEPOTI
15DIUITRA[....]
PARTHICIETDI
UINERUEADNE[..-]
TI[.]AURELIO[.]N
TONINOPIOFE[..-]
20CIAUGPARTHI
COMAXIMOBRIT
TANICMAXIMO
GERMANICOMA
XIMOPONTIFICI
25MAXIMOTRPOT
XIXIMPIIICOSIIII
PPPROCOS
MIL[·]XL[··]

28: [CXL]III or [C]XL

English translation

Translation by: Charlotte Roueché

To emperor Caesar, son of deified Septimius Severus, Pius, victor in Arabia, victor in Adiabene, greatest victor in Parthia, greatest victor in Britannia, grandson of deified Antoninus Pius , victor in Germany, victor in Sarmatia, great grandson of deified Antoninus Pius, great great grandson of deified Hadrian, great great great grandson of deified Trajan, victor in Parthia and of deified Nerva, Marcus Aurellius Antoninus Pius Felix Augustus, greatest victor in Parthia, greatest victor in Britannia, greatest victor in Germany, chief priest, holding tribunician power for the nineteenth time, acclaimed victor three times, consul four times, father of the country, proconsul. Milestone [ . . ]40[ . . .

Commentary

The mileage number is recorded as [C]XL or [C]XLIII, but the geographical relation of the findspot to other known mile-stations on the Upper Sofeggin Road makes the initial C improbable.

Bibliography: IRT, 1952, 966, without transcription, whence IRT, 2009, 966; Bartoccini, 1948 15 p.151-2, whence EDH 059804

Images

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